Foreigners have been hot for shale in recent months, with Chesapeake also today unveiling its Utica JV partner as Total.

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Another company, Encana Energy, had drilled a surprisingly prolific natural gas well, and McClendon saw a possible hot new shale gas play.

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The company recently did this same thing in the hot new Utica shale play of Ohio.

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He takes immense pride in getting into hot plays like the Marcellus Shale and the Bakken Shale ahead of the pack--and pleasure selling his estimated 1 million acres into a frothy acquisition market.

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He takes immense pride in getting into hot plays like the Marcellus Shale and the Bakken Shale ahead of the pack and pleasure selling his estimated 1 million acres into a frothy acquisition market.

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In Texas, the combination of hot summers and water shortages are pitting farmers against shale-gas developers.

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In Ithaca, NY, where we live, as elsewhere, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to gain access to shale natural gas (fracking) is a hot-button issue.

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